cv.yaml

name:
  first: Brandon
  last: Amos
phone: ~(540)~947~1238
email: bamos@cs.cmu.edu
pdf: /data/cv.pdf
src: https://github.com/bamos/cv
url: "bamos.github.io"
social:
  github: bamos
  twitter: brandondamos
  linkedin: bdamos
  google_scholar: CZwrwHAAAAAJ
# Erdős  number is at most 4.
# (Brandon Amos -> Layne Watson -> Leroy Kelly -> Zoltán Füredi -> Paul Erdős )

# LaTeX formatting.
style: banking # casual, classic, oldstyle, or banking
color: blue # blue, orange, green, red, purple, grey and black
color2: '0.25,0.25,0.25' # Make the font under the name a darker grey.

# (tag, section type, title)
order:
  - [about, NONE]
  - [education, Education]
  - [research, Research Experience]
  - [selected_publications, Selected Publications]
  - [teaching, Teaching Experience]
  - [NEWPAGE, NEWPAGE]
  - [industry, Industry Experience]
  # - [projects, Projects]
  - [coursework, CMU Graduate Coursework]
  - [honors, Honors \& Awards]
  - [skills, Skills]
  - [NEWPAGE, NEWPAGE]
  - [all_publications, All Publications]
#  - [activities, Activities]

about: '
  I am a third-year Computer Science Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University
  and am supported by an NSF graduate research fellowship.
  I spent the first two years of my Ph.D. working between mobile systems
  and applied machine learning and I now work
  with \href{http://zicokolter.com/}{Zico Kolter}
  on machine learning and optimization.
  I am particularly interested in improving our understanding of important
  modeling problems in computer vision, language, and reinforcement learning
  through the use of deep learning, optimization (sometimes convex),
  theory, and statistics.
  As examples, see our
  \href{https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.07152}{input-convex neural network}
  and
  \href{https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.00443}{OptNet}
  papers. \\[0.5em]

  I strongly believe in open science and reproducible research
  and actively publish code on \href{https://github.com/bamos}{my Github profile}.
  I am also the author of
  \href{https://cmusatyalab.github.io/openface/}{OpenFace},
  which is an open source face recognition project that
  uses deep learning.'

education:
  - school: Carnegie Mellon University
    location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    degree: Ph.D. in Computer Science
    dates: Aug 2014 -- Present

  - school: Carnegie Mellon University
    location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    degree: M.S. in Computer Science
    dates: Aug 2014 -- May 2016

  - school: Virginia Tech
    location: Blacksburg, Virginia
    degree: B.S. in Computer Science
    # degree: B.S., Computer Science, Honors Scholar
    dates: Aug 2011 -- May 2014
    overallGPA: 3.99/4.00
    majorGPA: 4.00/4.00

  - school: Northside High School (Roanoke, Virginia)
    dates: May 2011

research:
  - place: Carnegie Mellon University
    location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    title: Research Assistant
    advisor: Prof. Zico Kolter
    dates: Apr 2016 -- Present
    area: Machine learning and optimization
  - place: Carnegie Mellon University
    location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    title: Research Assistant
    advisor: Prof. Mahadev Satyanarayanan
    dates: Aug 2014 -- Apr 2016
    area: Applied machine learning and mobile systems
    details:
      - |
          Face recognition with deep neural networks:
          \url{http://github.com/cmusatyalab/openface}
  - place: Virginia Tech
    location: Blacksburg, Virginia
    title: Undergraduate Research Assistant
    advisor: Prof. Jules White
    dates: May 2012 -- May 2014
    area: Mobile systems, cyber-physical systems, and security
    details:
      - Android malware detection research using
        a distributed {\bf Actor-based Scala} system.
      #- Modified the {\bf Android source} to provide non-standard logging
      #  information for dynamic malware analysis.
      - Manufacturing cyber-physical security research implemented
        with {\bf VC\#} and {\bf Python}.
      #- Developed {\bf VC\#} and {\bf Python} programs for a pilot study on
      #  manufacturing cyber-physical security.
      #- Assisted {\bf C++} and {\bf Make} development in {\bf Linux} for a
      #  deployment optimization framework.
  - place: Virginia Tech
    location: Blacksburg, Virginia
    title: Undergraduate Research Assistant
    advisor: Prof. Layne Watson
    dates: Jan 2013 -- May 2014
    area: Scientific computing, global/stochastic optimization, and bioinformatics
    details:
      - Algorithm development for global and stochastic optimization using quasi-Newton
        methods for {\bf parameter estimation} in
        {\bf Fortran 95} and {\bf OpenMP}.
      - Bioinformatics research on yeast cell modeling using
        {\bf Fortran 95}, {\bf C++}, and {\bf Matlab}.

  - place: Virginia Tech
    location: Blacksburg, Virginia
    title: Undergraduate Research Assistant
    advisor: Prof. Binoy Ravindran
    dates: Nov 2012 -- Mar 2014
    area: Heterogeneous compilers
    details:
      - Compiler research on a heterogeneous system
        on automatic {\bf OpenMP} to {\bf CUDA}
        translation using {\bf C++} and the {\bf ROSE} compiler framework.
      - Polyhedral loop optimization research to restructure
        {\bf OpenCL} kernels for locality using {\bf LLVM} and {\bf Polly}.
      #- '{\bf Scala} and {\bf Bash} development in {\bf Linux}.'

industry:
  - place: Adobe Research
    location: San Jose, California
    title: Data Scientist Intern
    dates: May 2014 -- Aug 2014
    area: Distributed Systems
    details:
      - I built a web analytics processing engine using {\bf Scala},
        {\bf Spark}, {\bf Spray}, {\bf Parquet}, and {\bf HDFS}.
  - place: Snowplow Analytics
    location: London, United Kingdom (Remote)
    title: Software Engineer Intern
    dates: Dec 2013 -- Jan 2014
    details:
    - Open-source {\bf Scala} development with a startup on the
      Snowplow analytics platform.
      My commits are online at
      \url{https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow/commits?author=bamos}.
    - Developed a new server using {\bf Spray} and {\bf Actors} to store
      {\bf Thrift} events on {\bf Amazon Kinesis}.
    # - "Helped port Snowplow's Scala enrichment process to Kinesis."
  - place: Qualcomm
    location: San Diego, California
    title: Software Engineer Intern
    dates: May 2013 -- Aug 2013
    details:
    - "I created a specification format language translator for fuzz
      testing with Python."
    # - Developed an XML modification {\bf web application} for
    #   fuzz vector generation.
    #   Implemented with client-side {\bf HTML} and {\bf js},
    #   using {\bf D3} for graphics and {\bf Handlebars} for templating.
    # - Developed an XML-based grammar translator in {\bf C++} with
    #   the {\bf Xerces} XML parser in {\bf Linux}.
    #   Reimplemented in {\bf Python} using the {\bf ElementTree} XML API for
    #   sophisticated analysis and tree transformations.
  - place: Phoenix Integration
    location: Blacksburg, Virginia
    title: Software Engineer Intern
    dates: May 2012 -- Aug 2012
    details:
      - I developed industry software for software integration and
        design process optimization in {\bf VC++}, {\bf VC\#}, and {\bf Java}.
      # - Developed industry software in
      #   {\bf VC++}, {\bf VC\#}, {\bf Java}, and {\bf Tomcat}.
      # - Improved the testing ({\bf JUnit} and {\bf NUnit}) and installation
      #   ({\bf Ant}, {\bf InstallShield}, and {\bf Make}) frameworks.
      # - Integrated a new licensing mode into CenterLink, a grid computing
      #   application, using {\bf FLEXlm} and {\bf Java}.
  - place: Sunapsys
    location: Vinton, Virginia
    title: Network Administrator Intern
    dates: Jan 2011 -- Aug 2011
    details:
      - Internship in high school to replace Windows domain, mail,
        DHCP, and DNS servers with virtual {\bf Linux} servers
        using {\bf KVM} and {\bf virsh}.
      # - Migrated the office's computers to the Linux servers.
      # - Created {\bf Bash} scripts for incremental backups with rsync
      #   and hard links.

teaching:
  - semester: S2017
    name: Graduate AI
    short: CMU 15-780
    position: TA
  - semester: S2016
    name: Distributed Systems
    short: CMU 15-440/640
    position: TA
  - semester: S2013
    name: Software Design and Data Structures
    short: VT CS 2114
    position: TA

selected_publications:
  name: "B. Amos"
  file: selected.bib

all_publications:
  name: "B. Amos"
  categories:
    - heading: Preprints and Tech Reports
      prefix: P
      file: tech-reports.bib
    - heading: Conference Proceedings
      prefix: C
      file: conference.bib
    # - heading: Journal Articles
    #   prefix: J
    #   file: journal.bib
    - heading: Workshop, Symposium, and Short Papers
      prefix: W
      file: short.bib
    - heading: Magazine Articles
      prefix: M
      file: magazine.bib
    - heading: Posters
      prefix: P
      file: posters.bib


coursework:
  - semester: S2017
    name: Statistical Machine Learning (10-702, Au)
    instructor: L. Wasserman
  - semester: S2017
    name: Deep Reinforcement Learning (10-703)
    instructor: R. Salakhutdinov and A. Fragkiadaki
  - semester: F2016
    name: Intermediate Statistics (10-705, Au)
    instructor: L. Wasserman
  - semester: F2016
    name: Topics in Deep Learning (10-807)
    instructor: R. Salakhutdinov
  - semester: F2015
    name: Convex Optimization (10-725)
    instructor: R. J. Tibshirani
  - semester: F2015
    name: Algorithms in the Real World (15-853)
    instructor: G. Blelloch and A. Gupta
  - semester: S2015
    name: Semantics of Programming Languages (15-812)
    instructor: A. Platzer
  - semester: S2015
    name: Optimizing Compilers for Modern Architecture (15-745)
    instructor: T. Mowry
  - semester: F2014
    name: Advanced Operating and Distributed Systems (15-712)
    instructor: D. Andersen
  - semester: F2014
    name: Mobile and Pervasive Computing (15-812)
    instructor: M. Satyanarayanan and D. Siewiorek

skills:
  - title: Languages
    details: Bash, C, C++, CSS, Fortran, Haskell, HTML, Java, JavaScript,
      \LaTeX, Lua, Make, {\it Mathematica}, Python, R, Scala
  - title: Frameworks
    details: Akka, Android SDK/NDK, Caffe, Node.js, NumPy, TensorFlow,
      Torch7, Pandas, SciPy, scikit-learn, Spark, Spray
  - title: Systems
    details: Linux, OSX

honors:
  # - title: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
    # year: Inducted May 2014
  - title: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
    year: 2016 -- 2019
  - title: 1st Place Undergraduate Senior Capstone Award, Virginia Tech Computer Science
    year: 2014
  - title: David Heilman Research Award, Virginia Tech Computer Science
    year: 2014
    # descr: Awarded to the Computer Science student with the most
    #   outstanding research experience.
  - title: Senior Scholar Award, Virginia Tech Computer Science
    year: 2014
    # descr: Awarded to the senior in Computer Science with the most
    #        outstanding academic record.
  # - title: ACC Meeting of the Minds Undergraduate Research Conference, 2014
   # url: http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2014/03/030514-uged-accmom.html
  - title: Honorable Mention, CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award
    year: 2014
    # descr: 1 of 15 North American males awarded honorable mention for
    #        exemplary computer science research.
    # url: http://cra.org/awards/undergrad-view/2014_outstanding_undergraduate_award_recipients/
  #- title: Qualstar Award, Qualcomm, 2013
  #- title: Pi Mu Epsilon Honor Society, Inducted 2013
  - title: Awarded eight undergraduate merit scholarships
    year: 2011 -- 2014
  # - title: Benjamin F. Bock Merit Scholarship, Virginia Tech Engineering
    # year: 2013 -- 2014
  # - title: Sophomore Scholar Award, Virginia Tech Computer Science, 2013
  #descr: Awarded to the sophomore in Computer Science with the most
  #         outstanding academic record.
  #- title: University Honors, Virginia Tech, 2012 -- 2014
  # - title: Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence Scholarship,
      # Virginia Tech
    # year: 2012 -- 2014
    # descr: Merit-based scholarship providing a cyber-security
    #        research fellowship.
  #- title: Dean's List with Distinction, Virginia Tech, 2011 -- 2014
  # - title: Engineering Merit Scholarship,
           # Roanoke County Public Schools Education Foundation
    # year: 2011
    # descr: Merit-based scholarship presented annually to one student
    #        in the graduating Engineering class.
  # - title: "Papa John's Merit Scholarship"
    # year: 2011
  # - title: Gay B. Shober Memorial Merit Scholarship,
        # Roanoke County Federal Credit Union
    # year: 2011
  # - title: Pamplin Leader Merit Scholarship, Virginia Tech
    # year: 2011
    # descr: Merit-based scholarship presented to one student from
    #        each public high school in Virginia.
    # url: http://ww2.roanoke.com/community/virginia/education/wb/292050
  # - title: I. Luck Gravett Memorial Merit Scholarship,
        # Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
    # year: 2011
  # - title: Salem -- Roanoke County Chamber of Commerce Merit Scholarship
    # year: 2011
    # url: http://s-rcchamber.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/August-2011-NL.pdf
  #- title: 1st Place Regional CAD/Engineering Drawing,
  #         Virginia TSA, Blue Ridge Region, 2011
  #- title: District Band Trumpeter, VBODA District VI, 2009 -- 2011
  #- title: Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholar,
  #         National Space Grant Foundation, 2010
  #  descr: Selected as an attendee of a summer academy at NASA
  #         Langley Research Center.
  #- title: Head Junior Marshall, Northside High School, 2010
  #- title: 3rd Place District Foreign Extemporaneous Speaker,
  #         VHSL Forensics, 2009

projects:
  website:
    name: Personal Blog and Website
    url: http://bamos.github.io
    details:
      - Hosted on GitHub Pages. Uses {\bf Markdown} for posts and {\bf Jekyll}
          for static HTML generation.
      - '{\bf 42 posts} across the following tags,
        listed by highest frequency.'
      - Python, Bash, Linux, LaTeX, Fortran, Android, Scala, News,
        JavaScript, Zsh, C++, OpenMP, Lua, Make, Mathematica, mpv
  github:
    name: GitHub Portfolio
    url: http://github.com/bamos
    details:
      - Hosts code samples, original source code, and patches for
        open source projects.
      - 25 original repositories, 5 forked repositories.

activities:
  - Honors Residential College, Virginia Tech, 2013 -- 2014
  - Hokies Pep Band, Virginia Tech, 2012 -- 2013
  - Computer Science Community Service, Virginia Tech, 2012
  - Symphony Band, Virginia Tech, 2011 -- 2012
  - Linux and Unix Users Group, Virginia Tech, 2011 -- 2012
  - Galileo Living -- Learning Community, Virginia Tech, 2011 -- 2012
# - Trumpet Section Leader, Maring Band, Northside High School, 2010 -- 2011
# - Math Club, Northside High School, 2010 -- 2011
# - National Honor Society, Northside High School, 2009 -- 2011
# - Academic Team, Northside High School, 2009 -- 2011
# - Chess Team, Northside High School, 2009 -- 2011
# - Tennis Team, Northside High School, 2008 -- 2011
# - Technology Student Association, Northside High School, 2008 -- 2011
# - Maring Band, Northside High School, 2007 -- 2011
# - Robotics Team, Virginia Western Community College, 2009 -- 2010
# - Guitar Club, Northside High School, 2009 -- 2010
# - Forensics Team, Northside High School, 2008 -- 2010
# - Spanish Club, Northside High School, 2008 -- 2010
# - Engineering Club, Burton Center for Arts and Technology, 2007 -- 2008
# - Soccer Team, Northside High School, 2007 -- 2008